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1. The menu of a restaurant in this movie simply reads “breakfast $1.99, lunch $2.99, dinner $3.49”; after ordering two breakfasts, the cook plops a massive portion of lard on a grill. The title character of this movie goes on a hunting excursion in an attempt to “finesse some information” out of Mr. Jim Trotter III. A character in this movie initially claims that he took 5 minutes to make his breakfast, but “the entire grit-eating world” knows it takes at least 20. A character in this movie played by (*) Marisa Tomei, who has an extensive knowledge of old cars, is the title character’s fiancée. The trial in this movie, centered around the murder of a convenience store clerk, has been praised for its depiction of proper legal doctrine that the title character doesn’t even know before taking the case. For ten points, identify this 1992 comedy starring Joe Pesci as an inexperienced lawyer from Brooklyn who represents a family member in court.ANSWER: My Cousin Vinny2. On one episode, this place is destroyed by mass hysteria caused by a butterfly. In season 2 of the show this place appears on, a character moves from here to a monotonous suburban community where everyone looks and acts just like him to avoid his annoying neighbours. A bus runs between this location and another town with a similar name where residents speak by blowing a (*) raspberry in-between words. Disasters in this city are often indicated with the same voice calling out “my leg, my leg”. This city is also the setting of several memes, including one where someone asks if a condiment is a musical instrument. Make-out Reef and The Goo Lagoon, which is somehow a beach, are both located in this city. A street in this city is next to three houses made out of a rock, an Easter Island Moai, and a pineapple. For ten points, name this underwater city where Patrick Star and Spongebob Squarepants live.ANSWER: Bikini Bottom3. This team won its first Stanley Cup championship after acquiring Butch Goring at the trade deadline, and its first general manager was Bill Torrey. In its first playoff appearance, this team came back from a 3-0 deficit in the semifinals to tie the series at 3 before losing game 7, right after previously coming back from a 3-0 deficit to win the quarterfinals 4-3. This team’s greatest era featured goalie Billy Smith and left-winger Clark Gillies, as well as the career record holder in goals per game; that player was also the second (emphasize) ever to score (*) 50 goals in 50 games. This team first swept, and then lost to, the Edmonton Oilers in the 1983 and ‘84 Stanley Cup finals. Led by Brian Trottier, Denis Potvin and Mike Bossy, this American team won four straight Stanley Cups from 1980 to 1983. For ten points, name this blue-and-orange-clad team that plays in New York.ANSWER: New York Islanders4. This band’s debut album, released after an EP titled “Five Minutes with [this band]”, was the fastest-selling in British music history. A song by this band, named for a vehicular feat accomplished by Lee O’Donnell, repeats the jingle “you push the button and we’ll do the rest”. Another song by this band describes a roof-top taqueria with rave reviews and gentrification around Clavius. That song, “Four out of Five”, is on this band’s album (*) Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino. A music video by this band features the lead singer drunkenly sending 17 text messages to a woman; that song describes “it’s three in the morning, and I’m trying to change your mind”. That song is on this band’s initialized self-titled 2013 album, which also includes a song that repeats the lyrics “crawling back to you, ever thought of calling when you’ve had a few”. For ten points, identify this English rock band fronted by Alex Turner that recorded the songs “R U Mine” and “Do I Wanna Know”.ANSWER: Arctic Monkeys 5. In one movie, this actress tracks her missing husband, played by Daniel Brühl, to an isolated cult in southern Chile. In a recent starring role, this actress played a character who discovers the secret behind the True You program. At a school dance, a character played by this actress shouts “oh my god, they’re playing good music” at her gay stepbrother. In one movie, this actress played the oldest of the several Moore sisters who join the two main characters as they (*) steal from Hollywood’s rich and famous. In one scene, this actress stands up in a truck during the “tunnel song”; that character befriends the protagonist, a teenage boy with depression, in a 2012 YA lit adaptation. In another role, this actress played a live-action version of a character who rejects the advances of Gaston and is good friends with a talking candle, teacup, and teapot. For ten points, identify this British actress, the star of The Perks of Being a Wallflower and the 2017 version of Beauty and the Beast.ANSWER: Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson6. In one video, this Youtuber described a Murakami novel as “dream-like” while drawing parallels to the story of Oedipus, and in another called The Old Man and the Sea “not that interesting”. This Youtuber enraged their less intelligent fans after a sarcastic video called out Jacksfilms for “stealing” a format of a show that he had in fact made first. Several other Youtubers criticized a (*) Wall Street Journal article that took several moments of dark and offensive humour from this Youtuber’s videos out of context to paint him as an anti-Semite. A record held by this Youtuber is being contested by the Indian entertainment channel T-series. This Youtuber first overtook smosh in the summer of 2013 to achieve a record he still holds today, who began his career playing horror games and Minecraft. For ten points, identify this Swedish Youtube vlogger that currently boasts over 62 million subscribers, by far the most on the site.ANSWER: PewDiePie or Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg7. Jerry O’Connell voiced the central character of this event in a 2018 animated direct-to-video movie that begins with a kidnapping attempt from the Intergang armed with technology from Apokolips. The comic book named for this event sees the Eradicator admit to stealing a body coveted by Project Cadmus while competing with three other men claiming a certain identity. That book begins with the antagonist, (*) Doomsday, emerging from an underground bunker and defeating the Justice League International before a fight that results in this event after several glass shattering blows. The announcement of a series of comics depicting this event were highly successful, as the public did not know it would be permanent, as the central character regenerates when brought to the Fortress of Solitude. For ten points, identify this temporary event that befell a certain DC superhero, that surprisingly did not involve kryptonite.ANSWER: the Death of Superman8. A track on this band’s 1997 album includes the lyrics “don’t say you want me, don’t say you need me, don’t say you love me”, while another song describes “an unbearable beating in my brain” and repeats the line “whatever I’ve done”. That album by this band, Ultra, was the follow-up to the alt rock-influenced Songs of Faith and Devotion. A song by this band begins with the lyrics “you had something to hide, should have hidden it, shouldn’t you”, sung by Dave Gahan. Another single on that album, called (*) “Violator”, includes the lines “take second best, put me to the test, things on your chest” while another song repeats “all I ever wanted, all I ever needed, is here in my arms”. Another song by this band includes the lyrics “when I’m with you baby I go out of my head”. For ten points, identify this English synth pop outfit behind the songs “Enjoy the Silence” and “Just Can’t Get Enough”.ANSWER: Depeche Mode9. A relief pitcher from this team hit a home run in the 2018 playoffs. While a player from this team was pitching in the 2018 All-Star game, racist and homophobic tweets he had sent while aged 17 and 18 were discovered. This team traded top prospect Lewis Brinson before the 2018 season, and in a playoff game, it used Wade Miley as a “decoy” starter for one hitter before bringing in its bullpen, headlined by Brandon Woodruff, Corey Knebel and (*) Josh Hader. This team’s best outfielder almost won the N.L. Triple Crown in 2018 after being acquired from Miami before the season, and it swept Colorado in the divisional series. This team, which is currently managed by Craig Counsell, signed Lorenzo Cain before the season, who plays next to Christian Yelich. For ten points, name this team, which lost the 2018 N.L.C.S. to the Dodgers after beating the Cubs in a one-game playoff to win the N.L. Central.ANSWER: Milwaukee Brewers (accept either individually)10. Some fans of one game centered on this profession were enraged when the first person to reach Legend status, a Twitch streamer named Prodigy, basically had his viewers figure the game out for him. A game about people with this profession includes a dancing mini-game at a governor’s ball that can lead to the player getting married; that game centers on fighting Baron Raymondo and the Marquis de la Montalbán and was created by Civilization designer (*) Sid Meier. A community-driven MMO that simulates this profession uses puzzles to simulate different tasks and takes places in areas called oceans. A 2018 game published by Rare with cartoony graphics features cooperative play that lets people sail an open world while playing characters of this profession. For ten points, identify this profession central to Sea of Thieves.ANSWER: piracy (accept word forms, prompt on answers involving crime or sailing)11. A show set in the biggest city in this province sstars Allan Hawco, who solves mysteries in this place alongside his father Malachy and Leslie the Inspector. A band from this province recorded a traditional song that describes “that’s how they showed their honour and their pride” for Paddy Murphy. On another song, that band repeats the lyrics “it’s all a state of mind, at the end of the day, you've just got to say, it's all right”. A show set in this province incudes a song that describes “my parents must have thought they had a crazy kid, ‘cause I was one of those kids who always knew what I wanted”. (*)38 Planes and 28 Hours are songs in a musical set in this province, which begins with the chants of “I’m an islander, I’am an islander”. For ten points, identify this Canadian province, where the town of Gander took on thousands of people after 9/11, depicted in the musical Come from Away.ANSWER: Newfoundland and Labrador12. A woman from this country won Indian Wells in 2018. A man from this country defeated Rafael Nadal to win the bronze medal at the 2016 Olympics; that same player lost to Novak Djokovic in the semifinals of the 2018 U.S. Open. A man from this country lost the only major final since 2005 not to feature any of the Big 4; that was the (*) 2014 U.S. Open final, won by Marin ?ili?. In her first major final, a woman from this country won the first set 6-2, and then her opponent was given a code violation for receiving coaching from the stands, got a second code violation for breaking her racquet, and was docked a game for verbal abuse on her third violation. For ten points, name this country of the woman who defeated Serena Williams to win the 2018 U.S. Open, Naomi Osaka, as well as Kei Nishikori.ANSWER: Japan13. In one appearance of this object, a character persuades another character to add fake rules that require it to be used every 13 days. A movie about this object changed the Nat Wolff-played protagonist’s last name to Turner and added drama around bullying to what was a tame scene originally. That movie about this object was largely a waste of the talents of Lakeith Stanfield and (*) Willem Dafoe. In one episode, this object is used to get the FBI Agent Raye Penber to stop investigating the protagonist. In a scene, a character places a small TV inside a bag of snacks so he can pretend to study while using this object, leading to the memetic phrase “I’ll take a chip - and eat it”. If no details are provided, then the default effect of this object is a heart attack 40 seconds after its use. For ten points, identify this book used to kill people by Light Yagami in a popular anime.ANSWER: Death Note14. After getting her heart broken, this character gives herself a motivational speech that ends with “beep bop boop blerp beep”. This character’s mother was a live-in maid to a rich family, who she often had to cover for when she was too drunk to work. This character has a fictional great, great, great granddaughter named Ruthie. In one episode, this character helps a famous author sell his gameshow to MBN, though she remains unappreciated by her boss at (*) Vigor Talent, which eventually culminates in her opening a management company. This character’s catchphrase is “Oh Fish!”, often said when she is cleaning up the messes of her ex-boyfriend. This character’s love interests include a man who is probably just three kids in a trenchcoat, a mouse whose family is prejudiced against cats, and the main character of the series she appears on. For ten points, name this pink Persian cat who is Bojack Horseman’s agent, voiced by Amy Sedaris.ANSWER: Princess Carolyn 15. A song by this artist includes the lyrics, “my brain is incarcerated, live at any jam, I couldn't count all the parks I've raided”. The first sound heard on an album by this artist is of a subway train passing by, a reference to his home neighbourhood of Queensbridge. A song by this artist includes the lyrics “I sip the Dom P, watchin’ Gandhi ‘til I’m charged” followed by the first mention of the artist’s book of rhymes. A verse by this artist begins with the line (*) “rappers, I monkey flip ‘em, with the funky rhythm I be kickin’” and another features the line “never put me in your box if your shit eats tape”. That song, whose title, like a similar song by Jay-Z, is a reference to Billy Joel, features the iconic line “I never sleep, because sleep is the cousin of death”. For ten points, identify this rapper, whose classic debut album Illmatic includes the songs “The Word Is Yours” and “N.Y. State of Mind”.ANSWER: Nas16. A documentary directed by and starring Tom Naughton called Fat Head heavily criticizes this movie and attempts to refute its findings, which have been called unscientific. In this movie’s added epilogue, it is revealed the special offer that inspired its title was ended six weeks after the movie’s premiere. A sequel to this movie was planned to be distributed on YouTube Red and is subtitled “Holy Chicken”, though plans fell through after allegations were made against its director. In a scene in this movie, the protagonist visits a (*) school cafeteria where a young woman calls French fries her serving of vegetables. Over the course of this movie, the director gained 22 pounds because he ate at a certain fast-food restaurant for every meal of one month. For ten points, identify this 2004 documentary about Morgan Spurlock’s special diet of McDonalds food.ANSWER: Super Size Me17. In one game, a special creep blocking technique is named for a Canadian player known for significantly changing this role. That player, Artour Babaev, is noted for playing Shadow Fiend, a soul-stealing hero usually played in this role along with the complicated nine-spell hero Invoker. Another champion usually played in this role kicks a (*) bubble that, when burst, causes enemies to be drowsy and then fall asleep. Danish League of Legends player Bjergsen plays this role for a team literally named after it, while Korean players of this role include Bdd and Faker. In League, champions of this role like LeBlanc, Corki, and Ahri are also usually designated “Burst” or “Battlemage” by Riot and typically scale off of Ability Power. For ten points, identify this role that, along with top, is usually played in a 1v1.ANSWER: solo mid lane (prompt on “AP” or Ability Power)18. Bryan Cranston played an Elvis impersonator on an episode of this show’s fourth season. William Shatner guest starred as a powerful ruler who pretends to be the reporter Stone Phillips on two seasons of this show. Judith Draper features in promotional videos for an institution on this show. Simbi Khali played a character who briefly quits her assistant job for the protagonist in one episode and was upgraded to a main role on season 3 of this show. Those characters both work at?(*) Pendleton State University, where anthropologist Mary Albright shares an office with the leader of the High Commander, who reports to the Big Giant Head. John Lithgow played that character, the patriarch of the Solomon family, that also featured young characters played by French Stewart and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. For ten points, identify this oddball sitcom about a family of aliens observing life on Earth.ANSWER: 3rd Rock from the Sun19. Pole Irena Szewińska won a gold medal in this event at the 1976 Summer Olympics. At the 2008 Olympics, an American woman jumped out to a lead at this event, but spent herself too early and faded to bronze behind the British champion. At the Rio Olympics, the women’s winner in this event dove headfirst across the finish line to win by 0.07 seconds. At the 2012 Olympics, Leguelín Santos came second in this distance, which (*) Jeremy Wariner medalled in at Athens and Beijing. This is the distance Christine Ohuruogu and LaShawn Merritt compete in, and the defending Olympic champion is Shaunae Miller of the Bahamas. It’s not the 200 metres, but at the 2016 Olympics, South African Wayde van Niekerk won the gold medal in this distance by breaking Michael Johnson’s world record. For ten points, identify this third-shortest non-hurdle Olympic sprinting distance.ANSWER: 400 metres20. At the start of a music video for this artist, a receptionist faceplants into a large loaf of bread. A song by this artist, “Sour Candy”, features Josh Ramsay on the single release while another song on the same 2008 album that repeats the line “dear Liza, dear Liza”. A song by this artist includes the lyrics “I know you’ve had a rough time, but here I come to hijack you, hijack you”. Another song by this artist includes the lyrics “cause you make me feel like I could be driving all night” and (*) “baby, take me to the feeling, I’ll be your sinner in secret”. Those songs, “Making the Most of the Night” and “Run Away with Me”, are on this artist’s 2015 album that she followed up with a Side B EP. A song by this artist repeats the lyrics “and I want you, do you want me, do you want me too” after repeating a certain word six times. For ten points, identify this Canadian pop artist who recorded the album Emotion and the song “I Really Like You” as a follow-up to her smash hit “Call Me Maybe”.ANSWER: Carly Rae JepsenBONUSES1. This person accused Blac Chyna on Instagram of infidelity 6 months after they split on very poor terms and 7 months after having a child named Dream. FTPE:[10] Name this person, who after being hospitalized from problems due to diabetes, has lost weight but denied wanting to be a beanpole like Tyga.ANSWER: Robert Arthur Kardashian[10] Rob Kardashian is the youngest child of the lawyer Robert Kardashian and this woman, whose ex-second-husband transitioned to female after coming out as transgender.ANSWER: Kristin Marie Jenner[10] In 2012, Kris Jenner admitted to having an affair with this man, who she referred to as Ryan in her autobiography. This man worked as an animator on several movies like Stuart Little and Anastasia but is best known for his affair that scandalized the family.ANSWER: Todd Waterman2. In the 1970s, Happy Days was such a massive success that it spawned seven different spin-off shows - answer some questions about them FTPE.[10] Name this show, that depicts Richie’s younger sister and her boyfriend Chachi moving to Chicago to start a rock band, but only lasted 17 episodes before the characters were brought back on Happy Days.ANSWER: Joanie Loves Chachi[10] This show starred Robin Williams as the title alien from the planet Ork, who was initially created for a one-off episode of Happy Days to capitalize on the success of Star Wars. ANSWER: Mork & Mindy[10] Laverne & Shirley, the most successful Happy Days spin-off, centered on two of Fonzie’s friends working in one of these places in Milwaukee for the first 5 seasons.ANSWER: Brewery3. This movie features a Canadian man playing an American and an American woman playing a Canadian, who is at risk of losing her visa and being deported. FTPE:[10] Name this movie, starring Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock, that follows their characters’ fake marriage that Bullock’s character arranges so she can stay in the U.S. and keep her job at a big publisher in New York.ANSWER: The Proposal[10] Ryan Reynolds also starred in this rom-com about a man who grows up to be a womanizer after being rejected by the female protagonist in high school while he was overweight.ANSWER: Just Friends[10] Ryan Reynolds has a memetic cameo as a nurse who asks “but why” in the first movie featuring these two characters. These characters “Go to White Castle” and “Escape from Guantanamo Bay” in two movies that feature Neil Patrick Harris as strange version of himself.ANSWER: Harold and Kumar (or Harold Lee and Kumar Patel)4. The second time this event happened, it began with an opening 1-0 loss to Senegal, and the fourth time, it began with a 5-1 loss to Holland. FTPE:[10] Describe this event, which happened only once in the first 16 World Cups but has now happened in four of the last five. The most recent time this event has happened was sealed with two stoppage-time goals, the second an empty-netter as the goalie was attacking.ANSWER: The defending World Cup champions getting eliminated in the group stage (accept descriptions and synonyms, accept “not making the knockout stage” or “Not making the second round” for “getting eliminated in the group stage”, prompt on answers that do not mention when the team was eliminated)[10] Many have blamed Germany’s disastrous World Cup in part on Joachim L?w’s over-reliance on veterans at the expense of younger players like this Manchester City winger, who was excluded from the squad despite winning England’s Young Player of the Year Award for 2017-18.ANSWER: Leroy Sané[10] After drawing Paraguay and New Zealand, this team lost to Slovakia to go out in the group stage in 2010. Four years earlier, this country had won the World Cup on penalties after Zinedine Zidane was sent off for headbutting one of its players.ANSWER: Italy5. Unlike the disastrous revival of Roseanne, this show’s new season adapted well to the new political situation, with the second title character decorating the White House while continuously making fun of the Cheeto-in-Chief. FTPE:[10] Name this show, partially named for a gay lawyer who often passes for straight, who is contrasted with the flamboyant Jack. Its initial run from 1998 to 2006 was an important step in LGBT representation.ANSWER: Will & Grace[10] On Will & Grace, the old African-American man Linus runs this kind of establishment frequented by gay men that is threatened with becoming a gym. The gentrification-inspired storyline takes a turn when Will realizes he’d prefer the gym and stops supporting the fundraiser to support this kind of establishment, which were once the centre of gay communities.ANSWER: gay bookstore[10] This similarly named Netflix series stars Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda as a pair of women whose husbands divorce them to marry each other. Martin Sheen and Sam Waterston, conveniently, are former divorce lawyers on this show.ANSWER: Grace & Frankie6. The antagonist of this movie is able to dissolve into liquid metal and slip through small cracks, but also is able to make sharp shapes to stab through materials as well. FTPE:[10] Name this 1991 sequel that sees Arnold Schwarzenegger, who played the villain in the previous movie, play a less advanced version of the villain sent back in time.ANSWER: Terminator 2: Judgement Day or just “T2”[10] The heroes of Terminator 2, Sarah and John, are members of this family central to the Terminator series. The unrelated actors Emilia Clarke and Jason Clarke played younger versions of this family in 1984, before the setting of the first movie, in Genisys.ANSWER: Connor family[10] Sarah Connor in the first two movies was played by this actress, who starred opposite Michael Caine in Mr. Destiny and opposite Tommy Lee Jones in Black Moon Rising.ANSWER: Linda Carroll Hamilton7. The narrator of this song describes how he “shouted out, ‘who killed the Kennedys?’ when after all, it was you and me” and how he “rolled a tank, held a general’s rank”. FTPE:[10] Name this Rolling Stones song, inspired by the recently translated novel The Master and Margarita, that repeats the lines “pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name, but what's puzzling you is the nature of my game”.ANSWER: “Sympathy for the Devil”[10] “Sympathy for the Devil” is a song on this alliteratively-titled 1968 album, which the Stones released after their brief psychedelic phase. This album also includes the songs “Jigsaw Puzzle”, “Stray Cat Blues”, and “Salt of the Earth”.ANSWER: Beggars Banquet[10] A song on Beggars Banquet describes a man that doesn’t fit in “sleepy London Town” that fights in this kind of place. Mick Jagger and David Bowie covered a Motown song about dancing in this kind of place, which featured a legendarily homo-erotic music video.ANSWER: the street8. This event imposed drastic terms such as $3.2 million fees and the non-recognition of records. FTPE:[10] Name or describe this event, which was finally able to take place in 1976, after the settlement of the Oscar Robertson suit led to the creation of the free agency system.ANSWER: N.B.A. - A.B.A. Merger (accept answers indicating that the N.B.A. and A.B.A. joined together or that the latter was subsumed into the former)[10] The merger took place under the leadership of this commissioner of basketball. This commissioner’s successor, David Stern, is credited with pushing for many of his key decisions, and upon his retirement, the NBA. Championship Trophy was renamed in his honour.ANSWER: Larry O’Brien[10] Though the Nuggets, Pacers, Nets and Spurs joined the N.B.A. after the merger, two A.B.A. franchises instead simply folded. Name either.ANSWER: Kentucky Colonels or Spirits of. St. Louis (Accept any of the four underlined parts)9. A movie subtitled “Advent Children” is set two years after the events of this game, while mobile games set before and after include Before Crisis and Dirge of Cereberus. FTPE:[10] Name this RPG that also features the eco-terrorist group AVALANCHE, the iconic boss fight track One-Winged Angel, and an infamous plot twist at the end of act 1.ANSWER: Final Fantasy VII[10] The main character of Final Fantasy VII is named for one of these things. The protagonist of Star Fox is also partially named for one of these things.ANSWER: Cloud[10] Cloud befriends this character, the last of a powerful, magical race known as Cetra. Rather stereotypically of female characters in RPGs, this character uses almost entirely defensive and healing magic and wears a tall pink dress.ANSWER: Aerith10. Before the chorus of this song, the artist lists “one: don’t pick up the phone”, “two: don’t let him in” and “three: don’t be his friend”. FTPE:[10] Name this song, which features the artist walk around a hotel room with friends and also describes how “if you’re under him, you’re not getting over him”.ANSWER: “New Rules”[10] “New Rules” is a song by this English singer of Albanian heritage, who also recorded the songs “Be the One”, “IDGAF”, and “One Kiss” with Calvin Harris.ANSWER: Dua Lipa[10] Dua Lipa collaborated with this K-pop girl group on the song “Kiss and Make Up”, which was only this group’s eleventh song, not counting alternate Japanese versions. This group has recorded the songs “DDU-DU DDU-DU”, “BOOMBAYAH”, and “As If It’s Your Last”.ANSWER: Blackpink11. This Hulu series stars Bill Skarsgard as “The Kid” and Sissy Spacek as Ruth Deaver, both of whom have previously starred in film adaptations of Stephen King novels. FTPE:[10] Name this 2018 show about the title fictional Maine town, which is NOT Derry, where several of Stephen King’s works are set.ANSWER: Castle Rock[10] This other TV series based on a Stephen King novel of the same name ran for 3 seasons on CBS, and depicted the town of Chester’s Mill, which was trapped within the title object.ANSWER: Under the Dome[10] This actor starred in a miniseries based on the Stephen King book 11/22/63, but he is better known for his roles in films such as The Disaster Artist and 127 Hours. ANSWER: James Franco 12. This group featured En Vogue on their song “Whatta Man”, and reworked one of their songs into “Let’s Talk About AIDS”. FTPE:[10] Name this female hip-hop trio behind those songs that also described wanting to shoop ba-doop their baby in another song.ANSWER: Salt-N-Pepa[10] A song by Salt-N-Pepa repeats a sample of “get up on this” and the words “real good” after telling the listener to do this action. A song by Lupe Fiasco pairs this action with kicking when describing a skateboarder.ANSWER: Push It[10] Salt-N-Pepa inspired this MC to record songs “Cold Rock A Party”, “Poor Georgia”, “Keep On, Keepin’ On”, and “Cha Cha Cha”. Her 1988 album titled “[this artist] as a Rock” was the first released by a solo female rapper.ANSWER: MC Lyte or Lana Michelle Moorer13. You didn’t have to see Infinity War to get some insight into what happened in the movie – answer some questions about the memes revolving around it. FTPE:[10] Name this historical status which a Marvel employee claimed the movie had while promoting it. This status soon became applied to the combination of anyone or anything the internet could think of.ANSWER: the most ambitious crossover in history[10] A legit spoiler meme involves people disintegrating while saying this line from the movie, reflecting an event in the movie involving one character. The meme had originally been accompanied by a Naruto movie line, but changed after Infinity War’s release.ANSWER: I don’t feel so good[10] In one scene, Doctor Strange claims to have seen approximately this number of futures and there is only one where the Avengers defeat Thanos. The scene has been changed in meme edits to become about almost anything in the future. Answers may be within a thousand.ANSWER: 14,000,605 (accept any answer 1,000 above or below)14. Teams in this league play an 18-game regular season, mostly on Friday and Saturday nights. FTPE: [10] Name this league, which is divided into a West Division of 5 teams and an East Division of 6 teams. The top three teams from each division qualify for this league’s playoffs, with the winners receiving byes through the first round.ANSWER: National Lacrosse League[10] The defending N.L.L. champions are this team, which beat the Rochester Knighthawks in the final after posting the best regular-season record in the league. It was this team’s second championship in three years, as they also won in 2016.ANSWER: Saskatchewan Rush[10] The N.L.L. plays this form of lacrosse, which takes place indoors and is contrasted with the older, outside “field” variety.ANSWER: Box lacrosse15. For every show or movie like Friday Night Lights that has realistic sports scenes with drama off the field, there’s a stylistic or plain crazy one. FTPE:[10] Name this 2001 movie that combined Chinese martial arts tropes with sports comedy. Sing and Fung team up to promote kung-fu by playing the title sport with a team of elite martial artists.ANSWER: Shaolin Soccer[10] This movie featured the Looney Tunes and Michael Jordan playing basketball against a group of aliens who steal the skills of other NBA players. The iconic theme song of this movie repeats the phrase “come on and slam”.ANSWER: Space Jam[10] Another depiction of basketball, this anime uses insane breaks from reality to communicate how amazing players are at faking people out with the “emperor eye” or shooting “phantom” or “formless” shots. This anime and the manga it’s based on follow the “Generation of Miracles” team in high school.ANSWER: Kuroko’s Basketball or Kuroko no Basket16. A member of this family nicknamed Stormborn also claims the titles of Queen of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men, Protector of the Seven Kingdoms, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, Lady of Dragonstone, and Queen of Meereen. FTPE:[10] Name this dynasty, whose member Daenerys escaped death at the hands of Lannister men along with her brother Viserys after the sack of King’s Landing. This family first gained political power through the use of dragons.ANSWER: Targaryen[10] The Targaryen dynasty are some of the last survivors of the Doom that mysteriously but quickly destroyed this historic empire. Swords made during the time of this empire are made of a special steel and are treasured by the nobles of Westeros.ANSWER: Valyria or the Valyrian Freehold[10] After the collapse of Valyria, the Free Cities of Essos began to vie for power in the vacuum left behind during the Century of Blood, including this city on the west coast, south of Braavos. At the beginning of the series, Daenerys lives in this city under the protection of Illyrio Mopatis.ANSWER: Pentos17. Cultural commentators have tied the 2008 economic recession to the boom in shows about buying and selling junk. FTPE:[10] Name this show that follows Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz, who travel the United States to find and purchase antiques, which they describe as “rusty gold”, to resell from their office in Iowa.ANSWER: American Pickers[10] On this show, participants bid on the contents of a repossessed locker because of a unique aspect of California law. Buyers like Barry Weiss and the Sheets family then attempt to make a profit off their purchase.ANSWER: Storage Wars[10] Together with her husband Jarrod Schulz, this woman has been a buyer on Storage Wars for its entire run and has starred in the spin-off subtitled “Married to the Job”. This woman, one of the “Young Guns”, also ran a store called Now & Then. First or last name acceptable.ANSWER: Brandi Passante (accept either individually) 18. In a movie in this series, based on the real-life events that also inspired the Amityville Horror, a dog is found dead after refusing to go into a haunted house in small town Rhode Island. FTPE:[10] Name this series, the second movie of which depicts the Enfield Poltergeist case. Both movies feature the paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren.ANSWER: The Conjuring Universe[10] James Wan, the director of The Conjuring series, has executive produced most entries in this long-running slasher series revolving around people escaping from brutal traps. A puppet on a TV screen serves as the protagonist of this series.ANSWER: Saw[10] A musical piece featured in every entry in the Saw series is called “Hello” this character, who in the first movie is set up to be the villain but revealed to be a victim of Jigsaw. This character, an orderly at a hospital, is chased into the sewers near the end of the first Saw movie.ANSWER: Zepp19. 2018 has seen some interesting attempts at career revivals. FTPE:[10] Name this hip-hop group, who recently released the song “Street Livin’” as a return to their older, more traditional hip-hop sound. This group released 00s classics like “I Gotta Feeling” and “Where is the Love?” after Fergie joined them.ANSWER: The Black Eyed Peas[10] The Backstreet Boys released a song that repeats the line “cuz it’s the only one I got” with this name in May, which features a very retro video in front of a bunch of bright lights and synchronized dancing. An Elton John song with this name, a duet with Kiki Dee, repeats the line “ooh, nobody knows it”.ANSWER: “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart”[10] This album by Janelle Monae, her first in five years, includes “PYNK”, which features a video with crazy vagina-like parachute pants. The title track of this album describes “walk in line, if you look closer you’ll recognize”.ANSWER: Dirty Computer 20. This running back was famed for his hard-hitting power running style, which brought him to three All-Pro teams but left him with arthritis and spinal stenosis in middle age. FTPE:[10] Name this running back, who challenged the rushing record that then belonged to O.J. Simpson in his second season, eventually falling short with 1,934 yards. A year earlier, he had tied the then-record with 19 rushing touchdowns.ANSWER: Earl Campbell[10] Campbell played his prime with this team, which made consecutive A.F.C. Championship Games in 1978 and ‘79 in its iconic light blue uniforms. Owner Bud Adams later moved this team from Houston to Tennessee in 1997, renaming them the Titans.ANSWER: Houston Oilers (prompt on “Houston”)[10] In their heyday from 1976 to 1980, the Oilers were coached by this Texan, famous for the Stetson hat he wore on the sidelines at outdoor games.ANSWER: Bum Phillips (accept “Oail Phillips”) ................
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